Priestwood

What you've told us

Thank you to the 68 customers from Priestwood who spoke to us regarding the review of the Community Investment Plan for the area. When the CIP was initially published, the main community priorities for customers in Priestwood were:

• Lack of knowledge around services on offer in the area
• Fly-tipping
• Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) - specifically drug dealing
• Cost of living - specifically food and fuel poverty

The CIP review, a year on, demonstrated that all respondents felt that the priorities mostly or completely reflected the needs of Priestwood still. The majority of respondents felt that Priestwood was a good place to live, and rated the community spirit and access to amenities as the main positives for the area.

As the feedback demonstrated, we are focusing on the right priorities, we will now review the interventions in the Priestwood area to see if we are the right stakeholder to deliver on these, or if we need to support partners in the community to focus on issues such as ASB and fly tipping.

Your priorities

• Supporting customers with employment advice, including signposting and information about qualifications available.
• Focused interventions to help support our customers and communities with the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.
• Coordinating with Bracknell Forest Council’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy to better promote the health of our residents in Priestwood.
• Develop relationships with local police to understand the demographics behind issues around drug dealing and county lines, and use this knowledge to partner with local agencies on addressing this issue, for example youth provision.
• Work with partners to promote local services available to the community e.g. via social media, word of mouth, advertisement etc.
• Work with communities and partners to improve the litter/fly-tipping issues in your neighbourhood.